Festival for a documentary titled Honor Flight: The Ride of a Lifetime. He received the Award of Merit by the American Public Power Association for Rescuing Needles, a short documentary about the city of Needles, California, and how its economy was rescued by affordable power. ERIN (SCHNEIDER) ZIMMERMAN (BA) is a social media strategist, the owner and chief executive officer of Elephant Social and a “TV insider” on Better KC, a television show in Kansas City, Missouri. [2013] MAR BACTOL (BBA) earned a master’s degree in sports administration and leadership, and plans to pursue a career in collegiate athletics. JESSICA BUCKLEY (BS/BA) moved to the Detroit area to work on tunnel-boring machines and other tunneling equipment as a mechanical engineer with Jay Dee Contractors. DUGGAN CLEM (BBA) is pursuing his master’s degree in sports industry management from Georgetown University. He also works for Monumental Sports and Entertainment, in the finance department, specializing in global partnerships. JOHN CUTTER (BA) writes, “Sold a startup that I helped build to a publicly traded company, got married to Christine Nolan ’12 at USD in Founders Chapel, and now I’m a product manager at IBM Watson, working on augmented reality and virtual reality.” RYAN DOYLE (JD) is a senior tax consultant at Deloitte in San Diego. JANESSA (RASMUSSEN) IWAN (BBA) reports that she and Benjamin Iwan were married in the summer of 2017. Ben is finishing up his degree in mechanical engineering at USD after serving in the U.S. Navy. “I’ve recently moved back to San Diego so I’m eager to run into old friends around town and at alumni events!” Janessa adds. AVERY JOHNSON (BA) is a writer and fitness professional in San Francisco. “While I daylight as a copywriter at a boutique marketing agency, I spend my early mornings leading high-energy spin classes and my nights contributing wellness
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articles to PopSugar and other sites,” she reports. BRITTANY (SWICORD) KRUEGER (BA) is a law student at the University of Utah. IAN MAHANEY (BS/BA) is a manufacturing engineer for a medical component company. KRISTINA MEDINA (MAPJ) changed careers, after dedicating 12 years to public education, in order to more specifically support youth and peacebuilding. She is now the program officer for WorldLink at USD’s Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. GRACE MICHEL (MAPJ) returned to San Diego after working for a year in Myanmar on peace education with Thabyay Education Foundation. She is an independent consultant on projects for several NGOs in Myanmar. BYRON RIEMHOFER (BS/BA) develops medical devices that transform spine surgery at NuVasive, Inc. ROMYN SABATCHI (BBA) graduated from the University of San Francisco with a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs. KATY (JOHNSON) SANDBERG (BA) reports that she and John Sandberg were married on Aug. 5, 2017, at Founders Chapel. They met at USD in 2011 and Katy says they celebrated their marriage with friends and family at their favorite spot on campus. [2014] ANDREW ANABI (BA) worked in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster during the summer of 2017. He is in his last year of law school at Columbia University. KATRINA BESS (BA), ’16 (MSN) is a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital Orange County. NADIA BEYDOUN (BBA) is pursuing a graduate degree in bioengineering at San Diego State University’s College of Engineering. DYLAN BONFIGLI (BA) is a law clerk for the United States District Court, District of Utah. ERICA BURMOOD (BA) is a student at The Pacific Northwest University of
Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and expects to graduate with a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine in 2021. Following graduation, she plans to serve in an area with a shortage of health professionals, where she can focus on community health care education and disease prevention. MIRANDA DENNY (BAcc) is an audit appraiser with the County of San Diego. DENNIS DIENST (MS) completed USD’s master’s program in supply chain management in October 2013, was awarded his degree in January 2014, and was promoted in March 2014. GILLIAN GORELIK (BA) is a yearround camp coordinator with the South Bay YMCA and the Border View YMCA. SLOANE KELLER (MAPJ) recently returned from serving in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. AMBER LITTLEJOHN (JD) is in regulatory/government affairs with the American Herbal Products Association. RAJ MOONESINGHE (BBA) is the finance director at inKind Capital, formerly known as EquityEats, a Certified B corporation providing zero-percent financing to the food and beverage industry. NICOLE STENOISH (BA), ’17 (JD) is an associate in the San Diego office of Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm. Previously, Nicole clerked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Gonsalo Curiel and the Honorable William Gallo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She also interned with the San Diego Unified School District Office of General Counsel. TIM WELSH (BS/BA) is the senior computer scientist at Mitre Corporation. He is the principle investigator on independent research and development projects related to machine learning. BRITTANY WILLIAMS (BA) completed her master’s degree in Madrid and now works in the medical device field in San Diego. [2015] TYLER BOYCE (BA) is a product reporting specialist at Medtronic
Diabetes, helping to ensure Medtronic’s compliance with FDA regulations. “I am still applying to jobs in the entertainment industry.” COLBY EDSON (BBA) reports that he and his wife, Chloe ’15, were married after graduating in 2015 and they have a daughter, Naomi. Colby joined Target as an executive team leader in a store and was promoted to district-level manager in March 2017. FABRIZIO ELLIS (BBA) founded a professional coaching company called DreamPath. JAZMIN GARCIA (BA) transitioned into a program management role with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, where she oversees the public policy and graduate fellowship programs. “Happy to connect with anyone interested in the leadership development programs we offer in Washington, D.C.,” Jazmin says. VICTOR GUADARRAMA (BBA) has worked in a real estate education company since graduating. “I am part of the live events team and I get to travel one to three times a month.” Victor has traveled to 26 new states and 43 new cities. JASON GUO (BBA) accepted a tax analyst position at Donahue Schriber, which owns the Del Mar Highlands Town Center and other properties. Recently, he relocated to Irvine, California, and continues to expand his personal real estate portfolio. COURTNEY HUDSON (BBA) has worked with the FDIC since graduation as a financial institution specialist. NICOLE KRUKENKAMP (BBA) has been working in sales and account management for Houzz in Irvine, California, since graduation. “I have been there for almost two and a half years now and I love it!” SIENNA LA ROCCA (BA) leads design communications at Facebook as a consumer communications associate in the communications department. NATHANIEL MAGILL (BS/BA) has been working for three years and is now with his second company. “Not sure where the years are going!” JASMINE MALLEN (BA) earned a Master of Public Administration from
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